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Children's Book Project

Our May #Newsletter is out with the latest #BookBank news, including #AsianAmericanPacificIslanderHeritageMonth and #ChildrensBookWeek, our Resource Spotlight, and all the ways you can help support our mission to give free books to the children who need them most!

#SignUp for our monthly Book Bank News and learn more about our mission and impact. Check the link in bio to read and subscribe!

#ChildrensBookProjectSF#NorCalNonProfit#GiveBooks
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Children's Book Project

We're kicking off #ChildrensBookWeek with “We All Play” by Julie Flett, Cree-Métis artist and award-winning author and illustrator—and creator of this year's #ChildrensBookWeek poster!

This joyous book celebrates playtime and the connection between animals who hop, rumble, swim, and wiggle and kids who shout: We play too! / kimêtawânaw mîna

Learn more about what we do at #ChildrensBookProject. Check out the link in bio to Give Books, Get Books, Volunteer, and Donate, and see the review of this book and more on our website Reviews page!

#ChildrensBookProjectSF#NorCalNonProfit#GiveBooks
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Children's Book Project

Our Hero of the Week: fabulous local author/illustrator @fangmousbooks read to delighted 2nd graders from #LongfellowElementary at our April #Storytime!

Each student went home with a copy of “Ava Lin, Best Friend!" and picked more books from our #BookBank shelves to build their personal libraries!

Thank you, Vicky, for sharing your joy and laughter with kids who need more books of their own—for keeps!

Learn more about our mission at #ChildrensBookProject. Check out the link in bio to Give Books, Get Books, Volunteer, and Donate!

Multiple pictures of author Vicky Fang with children sitting while listening to her storytime, and drawing together.
#ChildrensBookProjectSF#NorCalNonProfit#GiveBooks
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IndieAuthors.Social News

The Guardian view on the Gruffalo: a well-timed comeback, wart and all | Editorial

The next challenge for Julia Donaldson’s monster is to get its claws into parents and persuade more of them to read aloud It is 21 years since Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler…
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#Literacy #JuliaDonaldson #AxelScheffler #FrankCottrellBoyce #Childrensbooks7andunder
@indieauthors

The Guardian · The Guardian view on the Gruffalo: a well-timed comeback, wart and allBy Editorial
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Children's Book Project

While we impatiently await the third “Ava Lin” book by local author/illustrator Vicky Fang, we're enjoying the fabulous first in the series, “Ava Lin, Best Friend!”

New first grader Ava wants to find a best friend—even if she’s a bit unclear on how to go about it—in this funny, super relatable early chapter book.

Learn more about what we do at #ChildrensBookProject. Check out the link in bio to Give Books, Get Books, Volunteer, and Donate, and see the review of this book and more on our website Reviews page!

#ChildrensBookProjectSF#NorCalNonProfit#GiveBooks
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UniversityofGroningenLibrary

🔍 How do we teach #students to search beyond #Google?

Our new #OpenAccess article in the spotlight shows how teaching students to move beyond Google-style searching can lead to unexpected discoveries and more in-depth engagement with archival content and tools.

Read our interview with the authors:
🔗 rug.nl/library/open-access/blo

@facultyofartsgroningen @facultyofartsug.bsky.social

Image of article: 'De-Google-ing' our Students: A User Approach to Understanding Archival Media Discovery in the Classroom Authors: Sabrina Sauer, Berber Hagedoorn, Susan Aasman
#search#algorithm#archive
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Children's Book Project

Our Heroes of the Week: the amazing team at @7x7oralsurgery ran a #ChildrensBookDrive and delivered so many beautiful and inspiring #BooksForSmiles!

Thank you, Dominick and Savanna and everyone in the 7x7 community who helps us give free books to the children who need them for literacy, learning, and life!

Learn more about our mission at #ChildrensBookProject. Check out the link in bio to Give Books, Get Books, Volunteer, and Donate!

#ChildrensBookProjectSF#NorCalNonProfit#GiveBooks
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Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:

#America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing #Manufacturing Back — Molson Hart
molsonhart.com/blog/america-un

THIS!

Great summary why the #USA is a failed country on so many levels. Very harsh phrases.

My advice: invest many billions in #education and by 2050, try again to in-source manufacturing. 😉

Molson HartAmerica Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Back — Molson HartOn April 2nd, 2025, our president announced major new taxes on imports from foreign countries (“tariffs”), ranging from 10% to 49%. The stated goal is to bring manufacturing back to the United States and to “make America wealthy again”. These tariffs will not work. In fact, they may even do the opp
#MAGA#Trump#literacy
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Children's Book Project

We're celebrating #EarthDay with the beautiful picture book “Remember” by US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and illustrator Michaela Goade.

A powerful, iconic poem paired with vivid paintings that invite readers to reflect on the wonder of the natural world, our place in it, and our connection to one another.

Learn more about what we do at #ChildrensBookProject. Check out the link in bio to Give Books, Get Books, Volunteer, and Donate, and see the review of this book and more on our website Reviews page!

#ChildrensBookProjectSF#NorCalNonProfit#GiveBooks
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Stephen Elliott~Buckley

@COVID19_DISEASE

Capitalism has never been a death cult, but a murder cult.

Now it's ramped up with ignorance and fear and the #dunningkrugereffect

Yeah, 54% of American adults read at the grade 6 level or lower.

This affects critical thinking, moral philosophy, and media analysis skills.

Thanks Reagan.

thenationalliteracyinstitute.c

National Literacy · Literacy Statistics 2024- 2025 (Where we are now)The capacity to read and write, commonly known as literacy, stands out as a pivotal determinant in shaping an individual's career trajectory. Individuals with literacy skills have access to a broad spectrum of career possibilities, including highly skilled and well-paying positions. Conversely, those lacking literacy face severely restricted options, with even entry-level, low-skilled jobs posing challenges to secure.Globally, the overall literacy rate stands at a commendable level. For individu
#literacy#criticalthinking#education
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Emilia Jarochowska 🇺🇦🌱

📢 The skies are falling! You might have realized by now that we are in the middle of an apocalypse, but you probably haven't identified its cause correctly. It is the decline of #mathematics #education that has put the human culture in peril 🛸

🚨 link.springer.com/article/10.1

I stumbled upon this article while researching how to write about #mathematics for non-mathematicians. Did it help? No. Was it a good giggle? Absolutely 😁
#apocalypse #WeAreDoomed #math #literacy

SpringerLinkThe Skies Are Falling: Mathematics for Non-Mathematicians - Doklady MathematicsAbstract Mathematical education, both mass education, and university education of non-mathematicians, are in an abominable state, and rapidly degrading. We argue that the instruction of non-mathematicians should be dramatically reformed both as substance and style. With traditional approach, such a transformation would take decades, with unclear results. But we do not have this time. The advent of Computer Algebra Systems gives the mathematics community a chance to reverse the trend. We should make a serious attempt to seize this opportunity. In the present paper we describe one such project of reform implemented at the St Petersburg State University.
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Stephen Elliott~Buckley

@georgetakei

Yeah, 54% of American adults read at the grade 6 level or lower.

Many of them are elected officials now.

This affects critical thinking, moral philosophy, and media analysis skills.

Thanks Reagan.

thenationalliteracyinstitute.c

National Literacy · Literacy Statistics 2024- 2025 (Where we are now)The capacity to read and write, commonly known as literacy, stands out as a pivotal determinant in shaping an individual's career trajectory. Individuals with literacy skills have access to a broad spectrum of career possibilities, including highly skilled and well-paying positions. Conversely, those lacking literacy face severely restricted options, with even entry-level, low-skilled jobs posing challenges to secure.Globally, the overall literacy rate stands at a commendable level. For individu
#literacy#criticalthinking#education
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Bohemian Peasant

@GiffordJames

“My biggest worry is that behavioral change is leading to cultural change. As we spend time on our screens, we’re abandoning a value that used to be pretty central to our culture — the idea that you should work hard to improve your capacity for wisdom and judgment all the days of your life. That education, including lifelong out-of-school learning, is really valuable.”

#literacy#education#books
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joriki

"Young people won’t, or can’t, read a book. Now democracy is dying. Coincidence?

A viral conversation about the near-death of reading by U.S. college students in the iPhone era reveals a threat to democracy."

inquirer.com/opinion/student-b

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Young people won’t, or can’t, read a book. Now democracy is dying. Coincidence?By Will Bunch
#literacy#education#books
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